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Brits off Broadway at 59E59
| Start Date | Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:00:00 |
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| End Date | Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:00:00 |
| Location | New York |
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Running from November 3 – January 3 this year’s Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters has seven shows, all dazzlingly different and something for everyone – proving to be the best yet!
Highlights include TONY Award Winner Alan Ayckbourn returning with the World Premiere Production of My Wonderful Day, with The Times recently claiming “Ayckbourn can bring the house down with a single word.” and the witty and outrageous Fascinating Aida ladies, who The New York Times called “Top-Notch Entertainment.”
Launching the festival is playwright Matt Wilkinson, whose play Sun Is Shining also kicked off the first ever Brits Off Broadway 2004 to spectacular acclaim! His new play Red Sea Fish is a darkly funny and tender tale about love, loss and the folly of trying to control the world.
For more information on Brits Off Broadway, visit www.59E59.org or www.britsoffbroadway.com
The Brits of Broadway Line Up:
November 3 – November 22
Red Sea Fish
By Matt Wilkinson, directed by Franklyn McCabe and Matt Wilkinson
Produced by Two Bins
Starring Tim Blissett, Janna Fox and Matthew Houghton
Red Sea Fish marks the welcome return of playwright Matt Wilkinson, whose play Sun is Shining sold out at the inaugural Brits Off Broadway festival in 2004.
Ray, a retired thief, sees out his days on the top floor of a tower block on the South Coast. Confined during the day by a rare skin condition, he's cared for by his son Terry. Ray merrily fills the air with accounts of lost love, past misadventure and the daily observations of a bitter old man. When Terry invites a young runaway Karen back to the flat, she ignites long forgotten passions in Ray. Red Sea Fish is a darkly funny and ultimately tender story about loss, identity and the folly of trying to control the world.
$25 (59E59 members $17.50)
Tue 7:30, Wed-Fri 8:30, Sat 2:30 & 8:30, Sun 3:30 & 7:30
November 10 – December 6
Wolves At The Window (and other tales of immorality)
By Toby Davies (after Saki), directed by Thomas Hescott
Produced by Fledgling Theatre in association with the Arcola Theatre
Starring Jeremy Booth, Gus Brown, Anna Francolini and Sarah Moyle
Embark on a unique theatrical flight of fancy into the comical, elegantly macabre, witty world of Saki (the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro), considered the missing link between Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward. Fast rising director Thomas Hescott, seamlessly interweaves ten of Saki’s best-known, mordantly funny tales – which are no less potent or controversial today than they were one hundred years ago!
$35 (59E59 members $24.50)
Tue 7:15, Wed-Fri 8:15, Sat 2:15 & 8:15, Sun 3:15 & 7:15
No Performances 11/26
November 11 – December 13
My Wonderful Day
Written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn
Produced by The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company
Starring Ayesha Antoine, Terence Booth, Ruth Gibson, Paul Kemp, Petra Letang and Alexandra Mathie
Direct from its World Premiere at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, 59E59 Theaters is to be home to the US premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s 73rd play, MY WONDERFUL DAY.
Winnie is off school with an essay to write and finds herself in the middle of a rather unusual day. A child’s eye view of adults behaving badly.
Previews 11/11 – 11/17
$45 (59E59 members $31.50)
$60 (59E59 members $42)
Tue 7, Wed-Fri 8, Sat 2 & 8, Sun 3 & 7
No Performances 11/26
November 24 – December 13
Merrick, The Elephant Man
Devised and written by Mary Swan & Saul Jaffè, directed by Mary Swan
Produced by Proteus Theatre Company
Starring Saul Jaffè
Fusing burlesque, new circus and physical theater, Merrick, The Elephant Man is a highly physical, one-man tour-de-force version of this classic story recharged for the 21st Century. Often the most remarkable stories are the true ones, and the story of Joseph Carey Merrick is certainly that. From an object of curiosity and social revulsion to celebrity, Merrick’s life and tragic destiny is as relevant today as it ever was. A moving, poetic and ultimately uplifting story of the life of Joseph Merrick.
$25 (59E59 members $17.50)
Tue 7:30, Wed-Fri 8:30, Sat 2:30 & 8:30, Sun 3:30 & 7:30
No Performance 11/26
December 9 – January 3
A British Subject
Written by Nichola McAuliffe, directed by Hannah Eidinow
Produced by Pleasance Theatre Productions
Starring Tom Cotcher, Kulvinder Ghir and Nichola McAuliffe
At the age of 18, Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British Subject, arrived in Pakistan. 24 hours later a taxi driver was dead and Tahir was tried for his murder. Condemned to hang in the Criminal Court, he spent 18 years on Death Row. Don Mackay of the Daily Mirror was the only journalist to visit him in that time. A British Subject is an extraordinary true-life tale of international politics and the media colliding with justice, civil liberties and, ultimately, faith.
$35 (59E59 members $24.50)
Tue 7:15, Wed-Fri 8:15, Sat 2:15 & 8:15, Sun 3:15 & 7:15
No Performance 12/25 & 1/1
December 15 – January 3
Simon Green: Traveling Light
Produced by Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Created and performed by Simon Green, accompanied by Musical Director David Shrubsole
Following last year’s sold out ‘Coward at Christmas’, Simon Green returns to celebrate Brits Off Broadway with virtuoso pianist, composer and arranger David Shrubsole and his brand-new show for the holidays! A treat for those who enjoy cabaret with a special British flair.
$30 (59E59 members $21)
Tue 7:30, Wed-Fri 8:30, Sat 6:30 & 9, Sun 3:30 & 7:30
No Performance 12/25 & 1/1
December 16 – January 3
Fascinating Aida: Absolutely Miraculous!
Directed by Frank Thompson
Produced by Theater Projects Trust in association with Nick Brooke Ltd.
Starring Adele Anderson, Dillie Keane and Liza Pulman
The three-time Olivier Award nominees make a triumphant return to Brits Off Broadway direct from another record-breaking, sold-out tour of over 100 cities and towns in the United Kingdom. Having driven New York audiences wild with delight during the first-ever Brits Off Broadway in 2004, Fascinating Aida returns prepared to plumb their heights of outrageousness. The New York Times called them “seriously zany!” The Daily Mail simply advises, “See them before you die otherwise your life will be meaningless!”
$45 (59E59 members $31.50)
Tue 7, Wed-Fri 8, Sat 2 & 8, Sun 3 & 7
No Performance 12/25 & 1/1
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